Description
As a key member of Anduril's recruiting team, you will own hiring requirements end-to-end: sourcing, screening, managing candidates through interviews, closing offers, and reporting performance to stakeholders. You'll have the autonomy and tooling to execute against our strategy of building a world-class team. We're looking for a high-ownership operator who treats recruiting as a data-driven discipline , someone who builds pipeline, measures what's working, and translates the numbers into clear recommendations for the business.
This role is onsite in Seattle, WA or Costa Mesa, CA. This is a full-time position.
**Key Responsibilities:"
- Source and manage a high volume of technical candidates, maintaining tight feedback loops with hiring managers and business stakeholders.
- Build deep partnerships with engineering leaders , calibrate profiles, shape talent strategy, and execute against hiring plans.
- Own pipeline analytics: track funnel conversion, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, interview-to-offer ratios, and offer-acceptance rates. Surface insights weekly to hiring managers and recruiting leadership.
- Translate data into action , diagnose bottlenecks, recommend interventions, and report results to stakeholders in a format they can act on.
- Develop a deep understanding of the mission and the technology so you can pitch the opportunity credibly and close exceptional defence-tech talent.
- Build long-range recruiting strategies grounded in pipeline data, including referral programs, sourcing channel optimization, and process automation.
- Act as a subject matter expert in sourcing techniques and tools , Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, SOBO campaigns, web scraping, data extraction, and candidate management workflows.
- Conduct screens and interviews with a high signal-to-noise ratio, demonstrated by strong interview-to-offer conversion.
- Drive diverse talent into the organisation and deliver a positive candidate experience through proactive, transparent communication.
**Core Requirements:"
- 5+ years sourcing and closing technical roles in defence technology, with direct experience recruiting robotics talent (mechanical design, structures/composites, propulsion, thermal systems, electrical, controls, autonomy, or embedded software).
- Demonstrated ability to use pipeline and performance data to drive decisions , funnel analysis, conversion benchmarking, source ROI , and to report those insights to hiring managers and senior stakeholders.
- Multiple years managing hiring-manager relationships: profile calibration, weekly pipeline reviews, and data-backed recommendations on strategy and prioritisation.
- Strong working understanding of the technical skills required for hardware and software engineering roles in a robotics or aerospace context.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent funnels and keeping candidates moving through the process without drop-off.
- Working proficiency with Greenhouse, Gem, and LinkedIn Recruiter; comfort building reports and dashboards from ATS and sourcing-tool data.
- Clear, structured communication with candidates , understanding motivations, drivers, and fit.
- Track record of acting as a consultative partner whose guidance has measurably improved hiring outcomes.
- Ability to work autonomously while staying highly collaborative across a small, fast-moving team.
- No task is beneath you , team player with a bias to action who does whatever it takes to deliver for teammates and stakeholders.
**Preferred Requirements:"
- Experience recruiting for vertical-lift drones, rotorcraft, VTOL, or eVTOL programs.
- Experience recruiting at both a recruiting agency and a fast-paced startup.
- Experience recruiting across a mix of hardware engineering, software engineering, and program management roles.
- Familiarity with DoD hiring constraints (ITAR, clearance pipelines, US-person requirements).
**Salary and Benefits:"
US Salary Range: $133,000 - $176,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.